Rosa Elena Gonzalez-Valdez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

79 F.3d 1153 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rosa Elena GONZALEZ-VALDEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70579. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 6, 1996. * Decided March 13, 1996. Before: BROWNING, WALLACE, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Gonzalez-Valdez petitions us to review the ruling of the Board of Immigration Appeals that she is ineligible for suspension of deportation or voluntary departure. 3 The Attorney General "may, in his discretion," suspend deportation if the alien: 4 has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than seven years ..., and proves that during all of such period he was and is a person of good moral character; and is a person whose deportation would, in the opinion of the Attorney General, result in extreme hardship to the alien or to his spouse, parent, or child, who is a citizen of the United States.... 5…